Sanitary cuspidor.



K. FOUSEK. SANITARY GUSPIDOR. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11, 1913.

1,076,204. I Patented 001;. 21, 1913.

"militia 'rdusnx, or Austin, Tsar-s.

SANITARY cUsPIDoR.

e anation 6: Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

Application filed August 11, 1913. Serial N 0. 784,170. X

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, KARL FOUSEK, a citizen of-the United; States, residing at Austin, in the county of Travis and- State of Texas, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Sahitaryfiuspidors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a'sanit-ary cuspidor which is normally kept. closed and: which when-opened will return automatif,

cally to. closed position.

The invention consists ,of -th e; novel fea-L tures of constructionhereinafter, described,-i. pointed out in the claims j andc-shown in the" accompanying drawing,; in which-a n lligure 1 1s a sectional .elevati omparts; -'bei i1'"g--;;sh'own in closed position; Fig.2is.

si ner View parts being shown' in open; '.pos1t1on..

which will appear hereafter. This stand-w .ard .arries a semisphericalcuspidor 7, of

lessfs i ze than the vessel 3 andfalso retained within said vesselscuspidor 7 is.pro-..

vided with a concavo convex top member centrally cut-out asfsh'own at 9.v A"=sem1-- 'i spherical shell 10 dividedinto two. halves,

- acts as a cover -fon-Ltlifcuspidonand the said halves of the'shell being pivotally connectedlto sm'allstub shafts 11 carried by theinteriorshell' of the receptacle 3, and each half of s the shell is provided upon each side .withan-arm 12, the .arms of the two halves of the shell crossing as clearly indicatedbythedotted lines of Fig. -1 These arms terminate in hook members which respectively engage pins .13, carried by the exterior of the cuspldor 7.

To operate the device I .slot opposite sides of the standard 2 to form lugs 14 adjacentsaid slots and I pivot to said lugs foottreadles 15, the entire ends of the treadle members intersecting within the slot 6 of' the'post 5, and being slotted to engage a pin l 6 arranged transversely with respect to said slot Normally the parts will remain'in the position shown in Fig. 1, but upon. applying foot pressure to either of thetreadle's 15 the post 5 will be lifted thus :eleyating-the cuspidor 7 and the two mem- :bers of the shell 10 will swing into open positi'onby reason of the pressure of the pins 13 uponthe arms 1 2. Such-.openiiig Qmovement will be facilitated by Q the action I of gravity after such movement of .the'shell members will -be '.;liniitedin ;e 'ither ldirection by means of flanges 17 coming into engagement with the flange 4. Upon releasing the ifoot treadle the.Weight of the post 5 and .gcuspidor will cause them to drop auto- -;mat'ically ;.into the'position shown in Fig. 1 1

"and the. pins 13 are at all; times in engage- -:m ent, with the? arms 12, the shellmembers 31 71111 thus fbefautomatic ally closed.

In order; to prevent too rapid descent of th'efpost 5.;I .provideian inlet upon one side jof the standard 2 controlledby an'inwardly -;opening' check :valve 18 and" a very. small Tdis'chargeoutlet 19 upon the opposite side "of-thestandard. As the post arises air iwill enter rapidly through the valve con-;

trolle djinlet but willescape comparatively islow through the small inlet thereby forman air cushion checking too rapid adescent of the cuspidon;

What Iclaim is I l fl if A device of the kin d.described comprising "a standard having --a receptacle thereupon, a post vertically movable in the standard, a. cuspidon carriedzthe post,

said" cuspidor. normallyoccupying' a pos tion within saidreceptacle, foot operated means for elevating saidpost, a shell di vided into two portions-and adapted'to nor-- .mally close the said receptacle, and means carried by. the cuspidor for opening said shellupon rising movement of the cuspidor within the receptacle.

2. A device of the kind described comthe post, a shell divided into two halves, piclor and always in engagement with said each of said hallves being pivotally mounted arms as and for the purpose set forth.

in said receptac e, said shell members being adapted to come together when in closed po- KARL FOUSEK' sition and to slide Within said receptacle Witnesses:

when in open position, arms carried by said AMOS FAULK,

shell members, and pins carried by the cus- M. SILVER.-

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addi-essing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

